Geh durch den Spiegel Issue 29 by Karel Appel - 1962

New York. Limited Editions Club. 1998. Bound in Taupe linen over boards. Black titled grain morocco label to front cover. Encased in a like bound, ultra-suede lined Solander box with grain morocco label to spine. Folio. 12.25" x 16.25". This Edition Limited to 300 numbered copies, of which this is #142. Signed by Ashbery and Freilicher to Colophon.  Illustrated with three woodblock prints by Kenji Shinohara from original paintings commissioned for this Edition by Jane Freilicher. Printed upon hand-made textured Tosa Hanga Japanese milled paper. John Ashbery (b. 1927) has achieved a unique status among American poets. Even though much of his work is difficult to read, avant-garde, and post-modernist in character, Ashbery has become revered and beloved by many readers. For all the obscurity of his writing, his poetry is tantalizing and inspiring. It properly draws many people into its orbit. Even those who dislike Ashbery's poetry acknowledge its force and… Read More

Milano: Giuseppe Bernardoni, 1853. Second Edition. Hardcover. Dark red half-morocco, leather label stamped in gilt to front cover, ornate gilt spine, marbled edges and marbled endpapers. A description of the architecture of the Carthusian monastery of Pavia. Seventy copper engravings, eight of which are double spreads. Heavy wear to corners and along the spine on front panel, stains to fore and top edge (not affecting the plates), scattered foxing throughout. A good copy. ; Folio.

Paradou Writing Ltd., London, 2006 Book. New. Hardcover. English text; Title and captions in English and Chinese; Hardcover (cloth in slipcase); limited edition of 1000 copies, 2 volumes, 614 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; 27 x 37 cm; 6.5 Kg; STILL WRAPPED IN PLASTIC.; The Meiyintang collection represents one of the finest private collections of Chinese ceramics ever assembled. Volume Three of the collection catalogue, consisting of two books in a slip case, discusses and illustrates nearly 600 Chinese ceramics from the Neolithic period to the Yuan (1279-1368), many of which are today on display in the Rietberg Museum, Zurich. Volume Four, also consisting of two books in a slip case, covers China's porcelain production from the Yuan to the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) with some 250 entries. This collection is now dispersed. The 1994 publication of Volumes One and Two of the catalogue, which presented earlier acquisitions, is currently out of print..

This is an exceptional copy with a large Quatro, in-4°, xi pp + 158 pp + 83 black/white photo plates each protected with a serpente leaf. The binding is a magnificent and elaborately bound copy. Bound by the Clarendon Press in Oxford ( signed on the inside of the front cover). Full red crushed morocco, on the front cover a panel stamp with the large coat of arms of the Goldsmiths Company with their motto Justitia, Virtutum, Regina (Justice endowed with the Queen), all gold tooled the back cover has a similar decoration but with a crowned lion's head instead of the arms, top edge gilt, raised gilt spine gilt title and year. Doublure with gold tooled leather border, binding signed at the lower end of the doublure '' bound at Clarendon Press Oxford ''. A remarkable copy with very light fox (all copies have this, apparently it's iron in the papermaking process)

1791 Bernardin Saint-Pierre Etudes of Nature Paul & Virginia Illustrated Botany

A rare, late 18th-century printing of the works of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre – a set that includes his most famous novel 'Paul et Virginie.' Other works include 'Etudes of Nature' and 'Arcadia.' This French collection features four fine engravings depicting seeds, plants, flowers, and a hemispherical view of the earth.

Item number: #9187
Price: $750
SAINT-PIERRE, Bernardin de
Études de la nature,

Paris : Didot, 1791.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 6 volumes
o 4 folding plates
· Language: French
· Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
· Size: ~5.5in X 3.5in (14cm x 8.5cm)
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New York. Limited Editions Club. 1998. Bound in Taupe linen over boards. Black titled grain morocco label to front cover. Encased in a like bound, ultra-suede lined Solander box with grain morocco label to spine. Folio. 12.25" x 16.25". This Edition Limited to 300 numbered copies, of which this is #142. Signed by Ashbery and Freilicher to Colophon.  Illustrated with three woodblock prints by Kenji Shinohara from original paintings commissioned for this Edition by Jane Freilicher. Printed upon hand-made textured Tosa Hanga Japanese milled paper. John Ashbery (b. 1927) has achieved a unique status among American poets. Even though much of his work is difficult to read, avant-garde, and post-modernist in character, Ashbery has become revered and beloved by many readers. For all the obscurity of his writing, his poetry is tantalizing and inspiring. It properly draws many people into its orbit. Even those who dislike Ashbery's poetry acknowledge its force and… Read More

New York: Aperture, 2000. Signed by Salgado and rare thus. First edition / First printing. Black cloth. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

Paradou Writing Ltd., London, 2006 Book. New. Hardcover. English text; Title and captions in English and Chinese; Hardcover (cloth in slipcase); limited edition of 1000 copies, 2 volumes, 614 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; 27 x 37 cm; 6.5 Kg; STILL WRAPPED IN PLASTIC.; The Meiyintang collection represents one of the finest private collections of Chinese ceramics ever assembled. Volume Three of the collection catalogue, consisting of two books in a slip case, discusses and illustrates nearly 600 Chinese ceramics from the Neolithic period to the Yuan (1279-1368), many of which are today on display in the Rietberg Museum, Zurich. Volume Four, also consisting of two books in a slip case, covers China's porcelain production from the Yuan to the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) with some 250 entries. This collection is now dispersed. The 1994 publication of Volumes One and Two of the catalogue, which presented earlier acquisitions, is currently out of print..

Geneva: Gerald and Patrick Cramer, 1973. Book. Illus. by Moore, Henry. Fine. Hard Cover Slipcased. First Printing of the First Edition. 4 Volumes All Fine, In Jackets With Only Minor Traces Of Use. Slipcases Have A Few Marks, But Nothing Significant. All Are First Printings. Vol. I, ( 1931 - 1972 ) 1973 / Vol Ii, (1973 - 1975 ) 1976 / Vol. Iii, ( 1976 - 1979 ) 1980, And Vol. Iv, ( 1980 - 1984 ) 1986. Monumental Work, Weighing Over 13 Kilos, So Shipping Cost Will Be High..

1687 RARE John Smith ART of Oil Painting Painters English Horology GOLD
'The Art of Painting' is a rare 17th-century treatise on painting with oils by English clockmaker John Smith. This work was an immensely popular work throughout the end of the 17th-century into the mid-1700s. In fact, it went through a number of editions through the end of Smith's lifetime.

While the title would suggest this is merely a work from an artistic view, it covers a variety of topics including how to work with gold and silver gilding. Other topics include
How to mix oils
Achieving correct color
Oil paint preservation
Proper use of tools
Item number: #5322
Price: $950
SMITH, John
The art of painting in oyl : wherein is included each particular circumstance relating to that art and mystery, containing the best and most approved rules for preparing, mixing, and working of oyl-colours : the whole treatise being so full compleat, and so exactly fitted to the meanest capacity, that all persons whatsoever, may be able by these… Read More